Today we have 2 of the co-founders of Meow Wolf on the show! Meow Wolf is a unique art collective that started as a small group of artists in Santa Fe, New Mexico, dumpster diving for materials and creating immersive art installations in temporary spaces. Over the years, the group grew and evolved into a permanent business, creating an immersive art empire that has captivated audiences around the world. We explore the origins of Meow Wolf and how they grew from a small group of artists to a mass...
Apr 04, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 88
Creator of Comedy Central's 'Tales From The Trip' Grant Lindahl is back on the show. In this second installement, Shane and Grant try to write a new Tales From The Trip together. Hear about Grant's first psychedelic experience and how psychedelics made him less trippy. Then enjoy Shane hashes out some new stories with Grant and they talk about what it might look like. Follow this psychedelic gremlin on instagram at @artschoolacid and check out http://grantdraws.com/ Stay up to date with my tour:...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Pete Holmes is the host of the fantastic podcast 'You Made It Weird'. Shane owes many of his fans to his appearances on his show. Pete has combined spirituality and comedy like no one else. If you have not seen Pete's show 'Crashing' on HBO, it is absolutely amazing! Always fun to talk about comedy, philosophy, wild stories, and pee-holes with ole Petey Boy. If you ever get a chance to see Pete live, he is one of the very best in the business https://peteholmes.com/ Listen anywhere you pod. Watc...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 86
Happy International MUM Day!! Today I'm hanging out with the incredibly talented and funny animator behind Tales from the Trip! Grant shares his story of how he got started with art, growing up in an isolated environment, and how Tales from the Trip was born. Check out the latest Tales from the Trip featuring Shane and Ramin! https://youtu.be/6VBMXKSSQUs
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Happy Valentine’s Day! Myq Kaplan joins Minds Under Matter as the first guest Ramin to talk all about love! Myq is Shane’s oldest friend in comedy joins the show to talk about love of career, friends, and significant others. Myq is one of the most clever, thoughtful, prolific comedians in the business. You check out all of his stand up on https://myqkaplan.com Listen in to hear two old friends have fun philosophical conversations about life.
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 84
Tune into this announcement episode to hear Shane discuss all that is new with the show. This short episode will give some context for the MUM expansion. Then enjoy the new Valentine’s Day Episode!
Feb 14, 2023•27 min
The Offsprung Boys of Comedy reflect on some of the generational and regional anomalies between humans and most other life on the planet. We're one of the few species that care for our children's children, even after we are unable to reproduce. We discuss some of our own relationships with our grandmothers and share some fun memories. Watch The OBC™ on YT or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast to get the answers to life’s most important questions.
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 83
The Catnip Boys of Comedy™ explore the evolution of (lack of) domestic of our toxoplasmic friends. Most domesticated animals have been drastically shaped by humans. Livestock has been bred to our tastes. We selected the best horses and donkeys to lug us around. Humans domesticated wolves into hundreds of unrecognizable dogs with looks, traits, and personalities to suit our specific preferences. Yet, in the thousands of years that cats have lived with humans, they have stubbornly remained unchang...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 82
The Psychedelic-Assisted Boys of Comedy™ go to The California Center for Psychedelic Therapy to talk with Dr. Cole Marta about ketamine. This week we are serving scoops of the history, neurochemistry, and uses of ketamine as well as its modern accessibility. How does it help depression and how is it different from a psilocybin experience? How does one become a psychedelic-assisted therapist and what is it like to grow up on Terence McKenna? This is only the second time we have had a guest on the...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 81
The Moody Boys of Comedy™ introduce a new episode format to share different highlights about their week. Void – Something bad that happened to you Visionaire – Something you are looking forward to Honey – Something good that happened to you Buffon – The fanciest thing you have done lately Lunatic – The craziest thing that has happened to you recently
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 80
If you had the chance for a major do-over, what would you want to remind yourself as you build a whole new life? What time period from the past would you be most interested in experiencing for one week? Watch The ADBC™ on YT or Spotify or listen wherever you podcast to get the answers to life’s most important questions. Like, share, subscribe and watch out for flamingos!!! Salivating for more? Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a comedy spe...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 79
The Metabolically Efficient Boys of Comedy™ celebrate International Sloth Day! A couple of years ago Shane spent a couple of months in a slothfully time obsessing over sloths instead of doing actual work. This week the boys sit around and discuss sloth mysteries to prepare you for all of your International Sloth Day (Oct 20) gatherings and festivities. How have sloths been able to survive for millions of years in a seemingly cutthroat world? Not only have they been able to hang in there, but the...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Salivating for more? Check out Patreon where you can get the weekly series Mind Under ART, a monthly bonus MuM, a comedy special from each of us, a custom straight jacket, group Zoom hangs and more! https://www.patreon.com/MindUnderPod The Growing and Showing Boys of Comedy™ take The Personal Growth Initiative Scale. This week Shane and Ramin attempt to assess their inclination toward self-improvement in four categories. Readiness for Change : Aspects of preparedness for making specific changes ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 77
The Officiating Boys of Comedy™ marry a couple! At the Campout Festival Shane and Ramin were asked to marry soft rockin’ Honey Bears Brittney Conklin and Andrew Havok and we wanted to share the ceremony with you. This week we look through the history of marriage to find out how these traditions came to be. Come to find out, marriage traditions have many horrifying origins. How can The Church of MUM turn the dark oddities of past into fun absurdity for the future? Skip the overpriced diamonds and...
Oct 05, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 76
The Sober Boys of Comedy™ discuss their definition of sobriety as they gear up for Sober October. Shane has always had plenty of vices. Ramin has never had any. This October Shane is going to attempt to live completely vice-free as Ramin tries to find his vice. Do you think Shane can go a month without alcohol, cigarettes, TV, or other hedonic addictions? What vices should Ramin try out? Leave a comment below. Subscribe to The SBC™ on YT or wherever you podcast to keep updated on their new habit...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 75
The Festival Throwing Boys of Comedy™ reflect on an incredible first year of the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival. Thank you so much to everyone who came out! Please check out the Mindunderpod.com website to see all the bands, comedians, scientists, and artists that made our first year a success! We will be sharing pictures and footage soon!
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 74
The Flying Boys of Comedy™ booked you a first-class ticket on the MUM Rocketship! Humans have invented so many ways to explore this world that we take so many human marvels for granted. It wasn’t that long ago that flying was something you would get dressed-up for and bring back a pathogenic bird as a souvenir to impress all your friends. Now when you fly, you just get pathogens and friends trying to get out of giving you a ride to the airport. This is the last episode before The Mind Under Matt...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 73
What is the difference between existentialism and nihilism? The Existential Boys of Comedy™ answer your questions for another advice episode. In this episode, we discuss stage fright and pursuing dreams, what to do when you wake up from nightmares and working through cosmic nihilism and existential dread. George Carlin even makes an appearance!!! The Mind Under Matter Campout is just around the corner! Looking forward to seeing everyone at Lakeside Retreats in Raleigh Sep 9-11! https://mindunder...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 72
The Clipping and Shipping Boys of Comedy™ put together a highlight episode. Listen back to some of our favorite moments of the show. Share with friends who are new to Mind Under Matter. You may have seen many of our highlights on social media, but there are a bunch of great moments that we never posted. Social media rewards shorter clips so we have also extended some of our favorite moments with more context. Watch a nice mix of B-sides and highlights this week on YouTube or Spotify or listen wh...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 71
This week The In Boys of Comedy™ discuss out-group bias. Implicit association tests try to determine our gut reactions to others. How much can they tell us about our biases? Are we determined by our instincts to discriminate against others? Or are they a biased way of detecting bias? Our minds categorize and make snap judgments to navigate life, but these efficiencies in the brain are sometimes a source of human suffering. Cooperation, forming groups, and relating with others close to us is one ...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 70
The Well-Positioned Boys of Comedy™ talk about sex. We had no choice. It’s episode 69. What did a couple of scientists learn from watching a billion adult videos? Why are people turned on by such a variety of things? What other animals have homosexuals? Is the most famous position even any good? Listen to The WPBC™ on your favorite app or watch on YouTube or Spotify. Less than a month until the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival in Raleigh! https://mindunderpod.com/pages/campout...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 69
The Mood Stabilizing Boys of Comedy™ take the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale. This week we chat about mania, hypomania, depression, and mental health. Does your mood and energy fluctuate wildly at times? Do you cycle between periods of hyperactivity and extreme depression? Do you ever go long periods without sleeping? Listen to the episode and take the questionnaire along with The MSBC™ to see if you can out bipolar Shane and win the worst/best prize (depending on the day): http://www.thecarl...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Click it and ship it!!! The Influencing Boys of Comedy™ breakdown the history of social media. Shane and Ramin were very early in their comedy careers when Myspace started to change the way artists could connect with fans. From humble beginnings, social media has quickly changed the way the world communicates, connects, and entertains. How many apps have come and gone along the way? What will be the next hot platform? How does one decide where to put their energy? What is the future of social me...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 67
The Juvenile Apes Of Comedy™ swing through the branches of our evolutionary tree to learn about primatology. What can other primates teach us about cooperation, fighting, status, stress, gender, and human life? This week we will climb through the history of primatology to discover some of the egocentric anthropomorphizing that has led to a lot of past misunderstandings. Instead of butchering out-of-context research to justify the worst of human behavior, we can look to our hairy friends for clue...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 66
The Counterintuitive Boys of Comedy™ question our assumptions about seemingly ordinary decisions. What happens when you nearly get burned to death? Do you think you would have some questions about life? That is exactly what happened to Dan Ariely at a young age… And from it spawned some interesting, nuanced questions about human perception. Why do we spend money in ways that don’t meet our long-term goals? What primes us to cheat and steal? What motivates us beyond financial transactions? And mo...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 65
This week The Music Discovering Boys Of Comedy™ discuss musical philosophy and introduce you to the sweet sounds of Desert Honey. With help from the book ‘The Music Lesson' by Victor Wooten, Ramin breaks down groove, notes, articulation/duration, technique, emotion/feel, dynamics, rhythm/tempo, tone, phrasing, space/rest, and listening. We close out the show by introducing you to Desert Honey with an interview with singers Sarah Slade and Jade Arrow! Shane found this band when we first started p...
Jul 05, 2022•2 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 64
The Advice-Giving Boys of Comedy™ hand out some little grey goblins of wisdom around the MUM Town neighborhood. Our first advice column episode was such a hit that we decided to do them on a recurring basis. This week we discuss relationships, marketing, art, and the midlife crisis. Ramin just finished some big updates to the Mind Under Matter Campout Festival web page and it looks amazing. We can’t wait to be neighbors with you in September! If you have never been to Mindunderpod.com website, i...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Do you ever wonder what alien consciousness could be like? The Oceanic Exploring Boys of Comedy™ take a deep dive under the surface and through evolutionary time to contemplate the minds of octopus. You don’t need sci-fi to see an alien world, marine biologists research it every day. Octopus and humans’ closest common ancestor was a worm-like creature that existed about 600 million years ago. Our tentacles of evolution went off to become a wide range of vertebrates and all sorts of large-brained...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 62
What does your car say about you? The Inclusive Biological Fitness Flaunting Boys of Comedy™ make it rain conspicuous consumption knowledge and fancy science vernacular. This week we discuss how organisms use costly and sometimes deceptive displays to advertise their quality to potential predators, prey, family, peers, and mates. This top shelf episode builds on some of our favorite lessons from past episodes to describe one of the ways in which we are driven to spend in ways that may seem irrat...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 61
The Angelic Boys of Comedy™ explore the light side of MUM Town. Last month people really liked our Dark Triad episode exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. So, we decided to make a two-part episode on The Light Triad of Compassion, Empathy, and Altruism. We discuss why dark and negative things often bias our attention and how positive psychology is attempting to bring balance to the force. Listen to The ABC™ wherever you podcast or check out the video version on Spotify or You...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 60
